Baling-press.



` PATBNTED JUNE 2, 190s. G; SBNGER.

\ BALI-Ne PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 10, 1902.

No MODEL.

LPI

ivo. 729,903.

UNITED STATES.

Patented June 2, 1903.

. PATENT OFFICE.

i B-ALlNe-PRESS.

.:norrieaaonr forming prtpfmeuers Patent No. 729,903, dated :rune 2,1903. |`-,n :lic'a.tion filedN-ovemberflO, 1902. Serial No. 130,665. (Nomodel.)

, Beit known thatI, GEORGEMSENGER, a citi zen of the United States,residing inthe city and county of San Francisco, State of 1 California,have invented an `Improvement in Ealing-Presses; and Ihereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescrip tion of the same. i Y

My invention relates to improvements in horizontal presses of thecontinuous type. Its object is to provide a press of maximum capacity inwhich there need be no cessation of operations, either for feeding,tying, or discharging, in which the operating mechanism for thefollowers is `siinple,`and` in which the same power driving thefollowers maybe utilized to cooperate in propelling the `carriage uponwhich the press may be mounted.

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of partshereinafter more fully described having reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-` Figure lis a top plan view of myinvention. Fig. 2is a central longitudinal vertical section of same.

A represents a portablepressbox mounted upon the wheels 2. Within thebox are the followers 3, acting alternately to compress the materialoutward first inone end of the box and then in the other. The hay orother material to be baled is introduced continuously through theopenings 4, and the charges are compressed between the loosely-movable,partitions 5. rlhe ends of the `bok are `provided with suitable closuresG, hinged at the top and locked when closed by means ofthe Ushapedspring-bars 7, which have one end pivoted to the side of the box` andthe other end formed with eyes S, adapted to engage` staples 9 in thevopposite side of the box when the `end is sprung over the staple. Thebalingchambers at the opposite ends of the box are choked or contracted,so that greater and greater pressure is required to force a bale througha chamber as the bale nears the discharge end.

In operation the doors G are closed only when the first bale or two ineither chamber is being compressed. As soon asone bale is made apartition 5 is inserted through a feedopening Li and the next balecompressed behind the partition, the wires .being passed through theslots 10 between the slats forming the press-box` and the grooves ll inthe partition. i j

Either end of the box isadapted to contain three or more bales in courseof compression, so that tying, discharging, compressing, and feeding aregoing onsimultaneously and continuously.

The choked character of the baling-chambers insures sufficientresistance to the rearmost bales, so that after operations are once wellbegun the doors Gremain open and the completed bales are forced out bythe continued addition of material through the filling-doors. Thepartition ejected with each bale is available to be again placed in thepress. The feed-openings 4 are closed by doors l2, which are eachmountedon` a rockshaft 13, carrying aweighted arm 14, by which the doors `tendnormally to remain open. A spring-pressed latch l5 is adapted to engageand hold a door closed during the forward traverse of afeed-openingbyafollower. The latch has an arm 16 entending over the side of thepress into the path of aprojection 17 on the forward end of thefollower,wl1ich projection 17 protrudes through a-slot l0 in the Ypress-box. Then a plunger is about to move forward to compress a charge,the operator closes door 12. As soon as the follower passes openingl ithe latch is tripped and the door flies open of its own accord.

The means for continuously operating the followers are as follows: Twolarge gears 1S are disposed centrally of the press and intermediate ofthe followers. These gears have independent bearingshaf-ts and areconnected by a crank-pin 19, to which the pitmen 20, extending inopposite directions and ope ating the followers, are united. Pinions 2lupon the horizontal shaft 22 engage the gears 1S, andpower is applied tothe pinion-shaft from any suitable source, such as a gasoleneengine 225upon the press-frame, or, if desired, a revolving horse-power may beemployed with such intermediate gearing as isnecessary to transmitmotion continuously.`

Among the advantages of using theinterposed gears 1S are the simplicityof the mechanism and the fact that the followers are re- Vciprocatedcontinuously and without loss of ICO is often thecase, over rough andhilly roads, the power usually employed only to operate the followersmay be diverted to aid in the propulsion of the press-carriage. For thispurpose the pitmen are disconnected from the crank 19, access being hadto the interior of box A for the purpose through a door 24. Thepinion-shaft carries a sprocket 25, and a chain 2G passes over thissprocket and a cor.- responding sprocket 27 on the rear wheel. The teammay thus be materially aided in moving the press over heavy places.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination in a baling-press of a press-box open at the ends,compressionchambers contracted toward their outer ends formed in theends of said press-box, followers movable in said chambers, saidchambers each having a separate feed-opening and closures for saidopenings, said closures each including a door adapted normally to standopen, a spring-pressed latch slid able upon the press-frame and engagingthe door to lock it when closed, and means upon the catch extending intothe path of the follower whereby the catch is released to allow the doorto swing open as the follower traverses the feedopening.

2. The combination in a continuous balingpress, of a press-box open atthe ends, doors swinging outward and upward to close said ends, spring U-bars substantially as described to lock said doors, followers'reciprocable in unison intermediate of the ends of the pressbox, andgearing interposed between said followers to operate the latter.

3. The combination of a horizontal pressbox mounted upon a wheeledcarriage, followers movable in said press-box, gearing s ubstantially asdescribed interposed between said followers, a source of power locatedupon the press-box, means by which the followers Vmay be disconnectedfrom said gearing, and

connections between the gearing and the wheels supporting the press-boxby which the power usually employed to operate the followers may bediverted to propel the pressbox carriage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE SENGER.

Vitnesses:

S. H. N oURsE, JOHN STEINER.

